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FROM D.G BLUNT, PEKING
020/393/6 28 OCTOBER 1983
FOLLOWING FOR W MORRIS, HKD FCO
COPIED TO R P MARGOLIS, DPA, HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 1537 TO FCO: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: THE GOVERNOR 1. WE WERE INTERESTED TO SEE PARAGRAPH 2(G) OF TUR IN WHICH DR DENNY HUANG WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID THAT JI PENGFEI HAD TOLD HIM THAT THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG WOULD BE NOMINATED LOCALLY. THE BBC SUMMARY OF WORLD BROADCASTS OF 17 OCTOBER CARRIES SOME REPORTS WHICH SHED FURTHER LIGHT ON WHAT JI MEANT BY LOCAL NOMINATION. HONG KONG TV REPORTED JI AS HAVING SAID THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNOR WILL THEN (IE POST 1997) BE RECOMMENDED BY LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND APPOINTED BY PEKING'. THE SWB ALSO DREW ON AN AFP REPORT WHICH QUOTED DR HUANG SAYING THAT PEKING WOULD APPOINT HONG KONG'S TOP ADMINISTRATOR FROM SEVERAL NAMES PUT FORWARD BY LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE BODIES.
D G BLUNT
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